Hame-cup staple and tug-iron



Nb Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

R. W. JONES.

HAME CLIP STAPLE AND TUG IRON.

Patented Mar. 30, 1886.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

R. W. JONES.

EAME CLIP STAPLE ANDTUG IRON.

Patented Mar. 30, 1886.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD W. JONES, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

HAME-CLlP STAPLE AND TUG-IRON.

CPmCIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,751, dated March 30, 1886.

Application filed January 28, 1886. Serial No. 190,036. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, RICHARD W. J oNEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hame-Glip Staples and Tug- Irons, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion ofahame with my improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the tug-iron removed. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the clip or staple portion of the device with the breast-ring attached. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the same with the holdback-ring removed, and Fig. 5 is a view of one of the eyes of the clip.

My invention consists of a hame-clip staple and tug-iron, so constructed that the tug-iron may be readily attached to or detached from the hame when turned in an abnormal relation to each other, and also in a split eye for the staple, as will be described.

In the drawings, A represents a portion of a hame of ordinaryconstruction, having the usual link, a, at its lower end to receive the fastening-strap, or any other well-known and preferred form of fastening.

Thatportion ofthe device which is to take the place of the usual name-staple consists, essentially, of three parts, two of which, B B, approximate the form of the ordinary screw-eye, and the third,O, consists of a pivoted bar with a central annular portion, and having a short shaft or pintle at each side thereof, and these parts will now be particularly described. The eyes B B are preferably slightly frusto-conical exteriorly; but their interior portions, which form bearings for the short shafts of the part0, are straight or of uniform diameter, as shown at b b. They are provided with shanks b b",to go through the hame transversely, and may be either plain or cylindrical, so as to be upset on the back of the hame,to secure them in place; or they may be screw-threaded and secured to the hame simply by screwing them into the wood of the hame. The lower of these pieces B is provided with an eye, h in which the holdback-ring G is secured. The part 0, as before stated, consists of a central annular portion, a, and on each side thereof are the short shafts or pintles c 0 which, after being passed through their bearings in the eyes B B, may be headed, as shown at c c. The annular part c is substantially frusto-conical, al-

though this is not essential, having on its 1111- i der side asmall peripheral projectiomin which is located a groove or depression, a, for apurpose to be hereinafter explained. This is one mode ofconstruction; but I. prefer to split the eyes B, as shown in Fig. 5. The part 0 is formed in this instance with the heads complete, and after the shafts or shanks of the part 0 are inserted they are closed thereon.

The tug or draw iron D, as shown, is provided with a head or enlarged portion, d, on the end of it, which engages with the clip. This portion of the tug-iron is substantially cylindrical, and is of such diameter that it will turn freely in the socket in the annular portion 0. The iron Dis provided near its front end with a spline or feather, d, which fits the the groove or recess in the part 0; and it will be observed that while the spline is on the front of the iron D its corresponding groove is in the back of the part 0, or that part thereof which is nearest the face of the hame. The rear end of the iron D is flattened, as shown at D, and is provided with holes for its at tachment to the tug by rivets or otherwise. The flattened portion D is wider than the diameter of the main bore or opening through the part 0, but of substantially the width of its diameter across it at the point where the groove or recess 0* is located, so that by turning the flat end in line therewith it may be readily inserted therein. After the flattened end of the iron D is passed through the part 0 it is turned about a quarter of a revolution, or until the spline cl coincides with the groove 0, when it is again turned until the spline d" is in front, and it cannot be removed as long as it is in its working position. It will be seen that the spline or feather (2" does not extend to the head on the iron D, but that a cylindrical portion is left between the end of said spline and its head about the width of the part 0, so that it may be turned freely vertically. It will also be apparent that it has freelateral motion by virtue of the pivotal connection of the part 0 to the eyes B B. I also sometimes construct one of these eyes with a plate projecting sidewise from its shoulder and perforate it to receive the other eye, the plate in this instance lying upon the hanne and provided with an eye projection to receive the holdback-ring.

By my invention I construct aharnein which the tug or draft is readily detached from the clip. The harnes also draw straight backward without twist, and the irons being bent over clear of the collar prevent wear thereon. v

Having thus fully described my improvement, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A haIne-clip staple and swiveled tug or draft .iron constructed substantially as described,and made detachable from each other when brought into an abnormal relation, as set forth.

2. A hame-clip staple'cousisting of-suitable eyes carrying a pivoted bar between them,provided with a grooved or recessed eye, in combination With a tug or draft iron, substantially as described. i

. 3. A hame-clip staple provided with apivoted bar having an annular socket or'bearing provided with a groove or recess, in combination with a curved headed tug-iron flattened at one end, cylindrical at the other, and having a splineor feather thereon, substantially as set forth. I

4. A hanie-clip staple consisting of suitable eyes and a'pivoted bar between them, in combination with a swiveled tug or draftiron, substantiall y as described.

5. In a harne-clip staple, the eyessplit ver-' tically and adapted to form bearings for the pivoted bar of the staple when closed, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature i presence of'two witnesses.

RICHARD W. JONES! WVitnesses:

' 0. WV. SMITH,

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